What hangs above your mantel? A large abstract of mine; I hung it there as I was moving in (the only spot on the wall with a nail). Lee Deffebach saw it hanging soon after and told me I should never move it. I haven’t; that was 7 […]
You can find Salt Lake City artist Karl Pace in his studio at the Poor Yorick Open Studio, September 28th & 29th. Go to page 8 for more information. What hangs above your mantel? The artwork above my mantel changes frequently, but usually there is a monotype that my wife, Martha […]
Doug Braithwaite is known around the state for his plein-air landscape paintings, which have won numerous awards (see page 6). Brandon Cook reviewed the artist’s recent exhibition at the Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden for our June edition. What hangs above your mantel? I have a 1986 etching called […]
Mike “Satch” Fletcher is a self-taught artist who lives in Ogden with his wife and three cats. His experimental and colorful abstract paintings are currently on exhibit at the Visage Salon in Salt Lake City. What hangs above your mantel? Abouve my mantle hangs “lotus,” a fine art […]
Eileen Doktorski is an assistant professor of sculpture at Utah State University where she has taught since 2002. Her installation “Domestic Arsenal” is currently on display at the Salt Lake Art Center through May. Doktorski was a Fulbright Scholar at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland […]
Susan Harris is Associate Professor of Art + Design at Southern Utah University, where she has taught ceramics and sculpture since 1996. Prior to that, she was Artist-in-residence at the Alliance for the Varied Arts in Logan for 17 years and is a Fellow of the Council for […]
Chris Dunker, an MFA graduate of Utah State University, maintains a successful commerical photography business which includes drum scanning and large format inkjet printing as well as copy art and post production services. He is part of the Rio Gallery’s current Grantees Showcase exhibition through March 3rd. What hangs above […]
1. What hangs above your mantel? “1928 International Truck ” 24×30 by Utah Painter, Ron Russon 2. What was the most memorable exhibit you’ve seen recently? Harvey Dunn, “The Original Donation” at the South Dakota Art Museum; a powerful exhibit of prarie and homesteader paintings painted by an […]
Shawn Porter works for the University of Utah art department. He is included in the faculty show at the UMFA this month. 1) What are you reading lately? Lately I have been reading, (or rather looking at) a book by Rainer Zerbst about the architect Antoni Gaudi. I find his fusion […]
Sylvia Ramachandran teaches ceramics at the University of Utah. She is included in the faculty show at the UMFA this month as well as Terra Nova’s Great Things/Small Packages exhibit in Provo. 1) What are you reading lately? Right now I’m reading James Trilling’s Ornament: A Modern Perspective While I was in art school, I […]
Shawn Rossiter’s new monumental drawing, Tiamat, is now on display at the Salt Lake Arts Council’s Finch Lane Gallery. 1) What are you reading lately? I”ve found myself rereading a couple of books I read while in college — Paul Ricoeur’s The Symbolism of Evil, and Jacques Derrida’s The Gift of Death. Also […]
Brandon Cook is featured in a one-person show this month at Salt Lake City’s A Gallery. Pictured here on a recent trip to Seattle. 1) What are you reading lately? Well, huh, let’s see I am reading a couple of books right now. “The American Religion (The Emergence of […]
Cedar City artist and professor Brian Hoover on the spot. 1) What are you reading lately? Nothing too heady. I am currently re-reading one of my favorite books, “Little Big,” by John Crowley. For me, it’s a magical book full of strange, wonderful, often disturbing and inspiring imagery. It’s a […]
Salt Lake City artist Jeremy Herridge on the spot. 1) What are you reading lately? I have never been much of a reader, I have always preferred picture books, but lately I have got into audiobooks on my ipod. Recently the books I have been listening to have […]
1) What are you reading lately? I usually read several books at once. Does that make me easily distracted or not? One of the books current in my pile is Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing by Harvard neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone. It is a science book that […]
1)What are you reading lately? I have been reading the biography of “Siquieros” by Phillip Stein. I read only a few pages of it a night so you can do the math and figure out that I am only half way through but have been carrying it around […]
Husband and wife artists Clay and Rebecca Wagstaff from Tropic, Utah, showing this month at Finch Lane Gallery. Rebecca: 1)What hangs above your mantel? We don’t have a mantel, but there is a very nice, large, graphite drawing by Clay Wagstaff in the living room. 2) If you […]
